Year R with Triptico
I have been a supporter and fan of Triptico for many years now. Every now and again, I am reminded of Triptico’s versatility. Setting up Olly’s (Year 4) home learning this morning was another one of those times. Writing a …
Home learning and teaching
The first week of home learning as a parent (11, 9, and 5) and teaching, setting working for Year 8 (Romeo and Juliet) and Year 9 (Othello) classes via ShowMyHomework with signposted resource curated via Wakelet (Romeo and Juliet and …
Online gaming in French
We tried setting up Fortnite Duos in French. Changing the language to French and “Match Making Region” to Europe. That was easy enough. First Harry checked-in on a solo game, just to get his bearings and cross reference terms instructions. …
VR & AR with Expeditions
Revisiting VR & AR has been on my to do list for a little while. I wanted to take students The Globe Theatre and found so drone footage. I was hoping there might be a visit available? Book on Android …
Smart move Joe
Our three home-schoolers were eagerly waiting for #PEWithJoe at 8:50am this morning, along with 180,000 others. That number shot up to 614,000, reaching a global audience from what we heard from Joe’s shout-outs. Smart move #PEWithJoe. That increased to 950,000 …
Teamwork – balloons
Promoting positivity on social media, a number of posts, memes, broadcasts trickle past on my timeline. Here is one such post worth sharing on teamwork with practical reflections. Teamwork A teacher brought balloons to school and asked the children to …
Trefoil 22.03.20
As for this unprecedented week – what did I learn? Unprecedented I was reminded of the admiration I have for the professionalism of educationalists, support staff and governors. I recognise how determined school leaders have been, working top and tail …
The character of
Part of the reason for blogging is to clarify one’s thinking. Behind this post, making abstract themes – concrete, Stuart Pryke’s analytical verbs and “the character of…” (in this case Othello). Then there is the thought of ‘faultless communication,’ my …